Sunday, February 8, 2015

I went to another baby shower ... I did really well this time. I am too
distracted by studying for my NCLEX to focus too much on REALLY wanting a baby
(or two, lol). I am happy for my friend who is having the baby ... she was
adorable at her shower.

It would be really awesome to have a baby shower of my own ... some day.
Sigh.

UPDATE 2/8/15:

Oh my goodness! How ironic is it that the weekend I am finally able to get back
into my "Baby Journey" blog is the weekend of my very own shower!?! I
found this older "unpublisged" post (from 5 years ago?!?) talking about going to a friend's
shower & here I am FINALLY having one of my own!!! God is awesome!!!
~Feeling very blessed & humbled. ;o)

Yeah!!! I was finally able get back into this blog. I thought I would post
some updates! If you are new to reading this blog the posts scroll from newest
to oldest. If you want the full story, please read from the beginning (2008),
thank you.

04Oct2014

I had decided in 2014 to create a private fb page to replace this blog (because I could NOT figure out how to get back into it to make updates) so below is the first post I created on Facebook.

One couple's heartfelt journey to have a family.

I decided to start this face book (fb) group to convert my old blog that was
created in November of 2008 into a more “current” format. I greatly appreciate
the love & support Michael & I have received over the past 6+
years! We wanted an easier way to keep our friends and family up to date as
well as provide myself with a therapeutic outlet when times get really
stressful and hormones really kick in.

This fb group is meant to be a safe place for all of us to communicate
& may one day be shared with others who struggle with fertility issues.
Please be respectful & kind when posting on this privet group—otherwise
you will unfortunately be removed from the group. Thank you for your respectful
consideration

Wow, it's been so long since I was able to access & post on this blog. I
thought I would try to take the time to update things since we finally have
GREAT news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael & I ended up being able to save money over 2013-2014 since we
were both working two jobs. We literally set up an automatic withdrawal from
our account (into savings) & just threw as much as we could into savings.
We went back to our fertility specialist & set up a time line to do our 2nd
round of IVF (a round includes an egg retrieval & transfer). We ended up
taking out a small loan through one of the financing options provided by SRM.

On July 31st , 2014 I did my second egg retrieval & by August
5th we did our 3rd ever IVF transfer. We again transferred
2 embryos & on September 4th we had a 7 week ultrasound to
confirm that we were pregnant!!! (We wanted to wait to get excited until after
the ultrasound this time [instead of blood work] since we had such heartbreak
last time). So, at our 7 week ultrasound we found out that YES indeed we were
pregnant & SURPRISE … we’re having TWINS!!! :o) We ended up only telling
close friends & family about being pregnant with twins until after around
20 weeks (just in case). Now the BOYS are well on their way (I’m 29 weeks) and
we are expecting to have a C-section (d/t my previous surgeries) some time at
the end of March!!!!

We feel so very blessed & it is still weird to think that this is
actually happening. I think after being told “no” for almost 10 years … it was
so strange to transition to … “oh, yes … this is actually happening”.I can tell that I really don’t understand
that there are 2 little boys on their way but I am excited and nervous to start
this new journey into parenthood!!!